I have many endnotes and index entries in a family history. I see I can section off the narrative and insert a page break to display endnotes. I can then position my cursor at the end of endnotes and create an alpha index BUT I cannot make it muli-culumned.
When you insert the index with Insert → Indexes and Tables → Indexes and Tables ... (or afterwards by clicking inside the index and selecting the same menu item), go to Columns tab and choose the desired numbers of columns.
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EDIT: at @charlie.it request, here is an example document:
Main page is single column with one end note and two index entries.
2-column index is generated below this paragraph.
Next page is End-note section in its own (automatic) page style which is changed to 4-column. Cursor is positioned at the end of the note and 2-column index is added, but as pointed out by @charlie.it, index is set in the column without change!
Please remember that anything added to the end note becomes part of the end note. I suppose it prevents index-specific formatting from being applied.
EDIT 2:
It looks like LO inserts the “End Notes” page with the said style as the last page of the document. I did not manage to insert a non-End Notes page after it because Page break item is disabled in Insert → Manual break ... is disabled.
To fully answer the original question:
- either a one-column index is insert as part of the last end note (with the risk of being wiped out if the note anchor is erased),
- or the n-column index (with eventually its own page style) is created before the end notes page(s).
Ciao @ajlittoz, It seems not to work. It does not work either Format > Columns> … in Section Endnote.
Can you attach an example .odt file?
Thank you.
EDIT: Answer to @ajlittoz. Thank you so much. I will study your .odt file.
Question was about 2-column index. There seems to be a constraint: index should be located in the “normal” flow of paragraph. If you try to put it into the End-notes section, you cannot change the notes number of columns as is shown in my test document.
How can I attach a file to a comment? Should I attach it to my previous answer?